WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power.
That's because the ban would alienate many Arab Muslims, especially in countries on the no-go list, he said. "Such alienation or resentment probably will make radicalization of individuals by IS, al-Qaida and their affiliates much easier," White said, referring to the world's two most dange...
Judge Theodore Chuang in Greenbelt, Maryland, ruled in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups representing immigrants, refugees and their families. The groups argued that the underlying rationale of the ban was to discriminate against Muslims, making it unconstitutional....
Shortly after taking office, Trump ordered the refugee ban and a travel ban affecting the six countries, plus Iraq. He said it was needed to protect the US from terrorists, but opponents said it was unfairly harsh and was intended to meet his campaign promise to keep Muslims out of the US...
Courts claimed the initial travel ban singled out Muslims, as the measure impacted a handful of countries that were all majority Muslim. Opponents of that argument noted dozens of nations worldwide were not included in the list, such as Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. ...
The move on Wednesday came after the supreme court partially restored US president Donald Trump’s executive order that was widely criticised as a ban on Muslims. Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked, but instructions issued by the state department say new applicants from...
Trump also tied in his demand for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, reacting to an attack half a world away that left 235 dead, almost certainly all Muslims Militants struck the Al Awrah Mosque near the provincial capital of El-Arish during Friday prayers, in Bir al-Abed ...
President’s campaigning, he delivered the statement “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”. This proclamation foreshadowed the future of this travel ban and what it would entail. The travel ban now being set in place was the third attempt Donald Trump has ...
In December 2015, during the GOP presidential primary, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” He took a step toward that vision just a few days after taking office, when he signed an executive order banning the entry of citizens from I...
“The policy can easily be interpreted, and is being interpreted, as a ban against Muslims,” Gerges said. “If you are serious about defeating ISIS, the last thing you want to do is portray the fight as Islam vs. the West.”